Ford autonomous vehicle company profile: Table of contents

  1. Autonomous vehicle landscape and value chain
    1. Introduction to the ADAS and AV landscape and value chain
      1. The 5 levels of automation
      2. What is at stake
      3. The AV value chain
    2. Autonomous vehicle architecture & building blocks
  2. Factors driving the development & deployment of autonomous vehicles
    1. PESTEL analysis
    2. Country analysis for AV testing and regulation
      1. USA
      2. Germany
      3. France
      4. UK
      5. China
    3. Effect of GDPR on AV programmes
  3. OEMs’ progress in the automation building blocks
    1. Detailed OEM profiles
      1. Baidu
      2. BMW
      3. Daimler
      4. FCA
      5. Ford
      6. GM
      7. Groupe PSA
      8. Groupe Renault
      9. Nissan
      10. Tesla
      11. Toyota
      12. Uber
      13. Volkswagen
      14. Volvo
      15. Waymo
      16. Zoox
    2. Progress on each building block
    3. OEM-specific timeline for AV deployment
  4. OEM AV deployment date and ranking
    1. Implied timeline for AV deployment and which OEM will launch first:
      1. Across geographies:
        • USA
        • China
        • Japan
        • European Union
      2. By vehicle category:
        • Robotaxis
        • Private passenger cars
  5. Appendix and technology primer
    1. KPIs including best practices used to assess progress on the 7 building blocks:
      1. Sensor stacks utilised
      2. Computing hardware developed
      3. Perception prediction and planning systems used
      4. Contextualisation
      5. Simulation and testing
      6. Security
      7. Cloud layer and data centre